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An intriguing new animal study, led by researchers from the University of Southern California, is suggesting a hunger-regulating hormone secreted from the stomach may also influence memory and cognitive function. The study builds on a growing body of r… Continue reading Gut-brain study reveals impact of hunger hormone on memory
Scientists from the UK and Italy have found fecal transplants from old mice to young mice result in the younger animals displaying learning and memory impairments. The findings build on a growing body of research linking age-related cognitive decline with gut microbiome changes.
Category: Science
Tags: Gut Bacteria, Microbiome, Bacteria, Neuroscience, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, University of East Anglia
Continue reading New evidence links age-related cognitive decline & the gut microbiome
New research published in the journal Nature Communications reveals a novel drug, designed to break up the aggregations of toxic proteins associated with Parkinson’s disease, can effectively slow the disease in mouse models. The researchers are now looking at moving toward human trials.
Tags: Parkinson’s Disease, Neuroscience, Brain, Dementia, University of Oxford, Protein, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Promising “molecular tweezer” Parkinson’s therapy looks to human trials
A new study, from a team of Australian and Icelandic scientists, is offering some of the strongest evidence to date linking Alzheimer’s disease and sleep apnea. The research, based on studying autopsied brain tissue, shows how the toxic protein aggregations commonly associated with Alzheimer’s seem to start and spread in the same way in the brains of patients with sleep apnea.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Sleep, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Brain, Neuroscience, RMIT University
Continue reading Link between Alzheimer’s and sleep apnea affirmed in brain tissue study
New Australian research has found older diabetic patients using a drug called metformin experience slower rates of cognitive decline and dementia compared to those not using the medication. The findings build on the growing body of evidence suggesting this common drug generates compelling anti-aging effects.
Tags: Aging, Dementia, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease, Brain, Drugs, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Common diabetes drug linked to lower dementia rates
A protein, previously found to be an effective blood-based biomarker of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, has for the first time been detected in the eye. The discovery lays the foundation for promising new diagnostic eye tests hoping to catch neurodegenerative diseases years before symptoms appear.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Eye, Protein, Diagnosis, Neuroscience
Continue reading Promising Alzheimer’s biomarker detected in eyes for the first time
Researchers from University College London have conducted the world’s first meta-analysis of the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dementia. Encompassing over a million subjects the study found PTSD, especially if left untr… Continue reading Metastudy finds PTSD can double the risk of dementia
A robust new study from researchers at UC Berkeley has found a consistent association between poor sleep and greater accumulation of the toxic proteins thought to be the pathological cause of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers suggest fragmented sleep could be an effective early way to predict those most at risk of developing the neurodegenerative disease.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Sleep, Sleeping, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Brain, Neuroscience, UC Berkeley
Continue reading Poor sleep may predict Alzheimer’s onset years before symptoms appear
A robust new study from researchers at UC Berkeley has found a consistent association between poor sleep and greater accumulation of the toxic proteins thought to be the pathological cause of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers suggest fragmented sleep could be an effective early way to predict those most at risk of developing the neurodegenerative disease.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Sleep, Sleeping, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Brain, Neuroscience, UC Berkeley
Continue reading Poor sleep may predict Alzheimer’s onset years before symptoms appear
Researchers from the Sloan Kettering Institute have uncovered what they say is the first direct evidence to show how a dysfunctional immune response can contribute to the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease. The study, published in the journal Nature, adds to a growing body of evidence highlighting the role of neuroinflammation in dementia and cognitive decline.
Category: Science
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, The Immune System, Inflammatory, Brain, Neuroscience
Continue reading New evidence of link between inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease